It has been common practice for centuries to prepare a wooden surface with a white primer/filler, such as gesso, before painting.
At some point the supplier became P. Thominet Cousin Freres, shown here on a late 19th - early 20th century painting by Paul Kron: [ATTACH]...
No, there is no chance of a consensus if we don't listen to each other. You tossed out a few comments that you probably knew were incendiary, but...
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